Improvement in beam-end protectors



N. McLELLAN.

Beam End-Protectors.

NO.153,007. l I Patented Ju ly 14, 1874.

WITNESSES: INVENTIIB:

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NOR-MAN MOLELLAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEAM-END PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,007, dated July 14, 1874; application filed February 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NORMAN MOLELLAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Beam- End Protector, of which the following is a specification I n the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section on the line 0 c, Fig. 2, of my improved protector for wooden beams used for building purposes; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line a" m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to a sheet-tin casing for the ends of wooden beams as a protection against the influence 0t dampness or destruction by fire.

In the drawing, A indicates a beam end, and B the sheet-tin casing, applied thereto. The casing is composed of two parts or pieces of tinned iron, known as tin-plate, joined together, one forming the body, the other the end of the same.

The casing covers the beam end and 'so much of the contiguous portion as enters the mortise in the brick or stone wall, and it may also be made of sufficient length to project a short distance from the side of the wall. The casing protects the beam end from the influence of dampness in the wall, and prevents or retards the access of heat and destruction of the beam in case of fire.

The cost of the casing is trifling, and it may be applied to the beam ends in the process of building with convenience and dispatch.

What I claim is- The sheet-tin protector or casing for beam ends, constructed as shown and described.

NORMAN MOLELLAN.

*itnesses:

PAUL GonPEL, T. B. MosHER. 

